Identity Flashcards
Personal vs Social identity
Personal- chess player, etc.
Social- relative to social group (ex. Spanish speaker)
T or F. Identity involve some interplay between internal perceptions and external social categories and structures
True
Race vs Ethnicity vs Nationality
Race: PHYSICAL characteristics
Ethnicity: CULTURAL background
Nationality: political and LEGAL concept
Gender vs Sex
Gender- social construct
Sex- biological categories
Freud’s psychosexual Perspective
Conflicts or complexes acquired in various developmental stages can impact a person’s identity
Kohlberg’s Theory of Moral Development
Morality in the light of social conventions can shape political identity and sense of self
Our perceptions of how other people perceive us shape how we see ourselves
Looking- Glass Self
Essential to inhabiting and understanding others’ perspectives. the end point of this process is targeted toward self
Role-Playing (Role Taking)
Groups that we compare ourselves to. Mostly groups that we belong to or will belong to
Reference groups
How people and institutions from society shape our acquisition of social norms and expectations.
Socialization - acts as a mechanism of identity formation
How we perceive ourselves
Self-concept
Organizers, specific concepts about the self
Self- schemas
The desire for others to perceive us how we perceive ourselves
Self verification
Like self-concept, with greater emphasis on social identity
Self-identity
Perception of self as capable of acting effectively in a given setting
Self-efficacy
